Thursday, Sept. 6

School of Music Convocation and Concert
7:30 p.m. Battell Chapel. Addresses by President Richard C. Levin, Sch. of Music Dean Robert L. Blocker and composer Mitch Leigh. Performances by the Mitchell-Ruff Duo, organist Paul Jacobs and Lawrence Leighton Smith, and Tercentennial fanfares by Yale composers. (Sch. of Music)

Talks

Saturday, Sept. 1

Freshman Assembly
10 a.m. Woolsey Hall. Addresses by President Richard C. Levin and Dean of Yale College Richard H. Brodhead. All freshman are expected to attend and be in their seats on the main floor of Woolsey by 9:45 a.m. Proper attire should be worn. Parents and guests of students are invited to attend and take seats in the balconies. The assembly will also be simulcast on Yale cable, which will be on view in the Law School's Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St.

Tuesday, Sept. 4

"The Ancient Library at Qumran: The Dead Sea Scrolls of Judaism and Christianity"
3-5 p.m. Lecture hall, SML. Steven Fraade and Mark Taper. A reception will follow. (Manuscripts & Archives/SML)

Monday, Sept. 10

"Promises to Keep: Changing the Way We Provide Care at the End of Life"
4:40-6 p.m. ISPS. Joanne Lynn, RAND, Center to Improve the Care of Dying. (Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Seminar)

"Medical Practice & the Internet"
5:30 p.m. Steiner Rm., SHM. Jerome Kassirer, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. Part of the Health Policy Journal Club. Info.: info.med.yale.edu/ysm/govcomm. (Office of Government and Community Affairs)

"The Transfer of Modernism from Europe to America"
7:30 p.m. Lecture hall, YUAG. Robert A.M. Stern. Part of the DeVane Lecture Series, "Ideals With-out Ideologies: Yale's Contribution to Modern Architecture."

Tuesday, Sept. 11

"Teaching Lasers to Control Molecules: Let the Molecules Do the Thinking"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Herschel Rabitz, Princeton Univ. (Dept. of Chemistry Physical Seminar)

"Medical Futility"
6-8 p.m. ISPS. Working research group chaired by Charles McKhann. To attend, email carol.pollard@yale.edu.

Wednesday, Sept. 12

"The Supreme Court's Abortion Jurisprudence in Light of Its Partial Birth Abortion Decision, 'Stenberg v. Carhart'"
Noon. Lower level conf. rm., ISPS. Ian Shapiro. For luncheon reservation, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu. (Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project)

"Indonesia's May 1998 Riots: A Modern Whodunit"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Jose Manuel Tesoro, Asiaweek. (Council on Southeast Asia Studies)

"Globalization and Health: The Gender Challenge"
3-5 p.m. ISPS. Working research group chaired by Ilona Kickbusch. To attend, email carol.pollard@ yale.edu.

"Organic and Polymer Materials for Plastic Electronics"
4 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Zhenan Bao, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. (Dept. of Chemistry)

"Whither Japan? Past Hopes and Present Prospects for Japan's Great Power Status"
4 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Bill Emmott, editor-in-chief of The Economist; Paul Kennedy; Paul Bracken; Charles Hill; and Michael Auslin. (ISS)

"Commonplace Books and the Practices of Learning in Early Modern Europe"
5 p.m. Beinecke Library. Anthony Grafton, Princeton Univ. A reception will follow. (James and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection)

"MPAs: How Can We Offer Them Real Protection?"
5-6:30 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Roger Payne, Ocean Alliance. Part of the Munson Distinguished Lecture Series, "Marine Protected Areas: Translating Science into Practice." (F&ES/Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems)

Thursday, Sept. 13

"Cambodia After Genocide: An Insider's View"
Noon. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Mark Quarterman, political affairs officer, East Asia and the Pacific Division, United Nations. Lunch will be provided. (ISS/Academic Council on the United Nations System)

Friday, Sept. 14

"Parks as Place-Making in Africa: Another Side of Nature"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Charles Geisler, Cornell Univ. (Program in Agrarian Studies)

"Literacy and School Readiness"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Edward Zigler. (Bush Center)

"Comics: The State of the Art"
4 p.m. Berkeley College master's house. Master's tea with comics artist Will Eisner, creator of "The Spirit" and author of "A Contract with God," "To the Heart of the Storm" and "Last Day in Vietnam."

Saturday, Sept. 15

"Racisms, Past and Present"
2 p.m. Levinson Aud., SLB. Stuart Hall, emeritus professor of sociology, Open University, United Kingdom. Part of the African American Studies reunion and conference, "African American Studies and Yale: Revisiting Origins, Imagining Futures." (Dept. of African American Studies/Graduate Sch.)

Films

Thursday, Sept. 6

"Snatch"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Benicio Del Toro and Brad Pitt. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (YMSFS)

Fri. & Sat., Sept. 7 & 8

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (YMSFS)

Sunday, Sept. 9

"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart and Doris Day. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (YMSFS)

Thursday, Sept. 13

"A Clockwork Orange"
7:30 & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (YMSFS)

Fri. & Sat., Sept. 14 & 15

"Bridget Jones's Diary"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (YMSFS)

Sunday, Sept. 16

"Three Colors: White"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Krcysztof Kieslowski. Starring Zbigniew Zamachowski and Janusz Gajos. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs. (YMSFS)

For Students Only

Tuesday, Sept. 4

Undergraduate Art Counseling
9:30 a.m.-noon; 1-3 p.m. Green Hall. (Sch. of Art)

Tues.-Fri., Sept. 4-7

Measles, Mumps and Rubella Clinics
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Rm. 405, YUHS. Info.: (203) 432-0093. (Office of Health Promotion & Education)

Conferences/Symposia

Thurs. & Fri., Sept. 13 & 14

"Envisioning the World in the Next Century: Challenges to Internationalizing Yale"

Symposium will highlight Yale's international excellence in celebration of the Tercentennial. Yale faculty and alumni colleagues will lead plenary sessions and concurrent conversations. Nancy Birdsall '79 Ph.D., Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will present the keynote address at 5 p.m.on Sept. 13 in Luce Hall. Info.: www.yale.edu/ycias; (203) 432-3410; ycias@yale.edu. (YCIAS)

Fri. & Sat., Sept. 14 & 15

Lamar Center Symposium on Ethnic Cleansing

The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders hosts a symposium on ethnic cleansing on the frontiers of Europe and America. John Mack Faragher of Yale and Norman M. Naimark of Stanford will present keynote addresses on Sept. 14 at 5:15 p.m. A reception will follow at the Beinecke Library. Info.: Jay Gitlin, bgbmusic@aol.com

"White, Gray and New Blue: Evaluating the Work of Yale Graduates Since 1978"
Friday, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. Lecture hall, YUAG; Hastings Hall, A&A. A distinguished roster of architects, critics and historians will review the work featured in the exhibition "New Blue: Recent Work of Graduates of the Yale School of Architecture, 1978-1998" within a wider historical and cultural context. Info.: (203) 432-2288; www.architecture.yale.edu.

Fri.-Sun., Sept. 14-16

"African American Studies and Yale: Revisiting Origins, Imagining Futures"

Conference will include panels of alumni and faculty, and a reunion of the founders, alumni and friends of African American studies at Yale. Yale participants include professors Hazel Carby, Cathy Cohn, Robert Dahl, Robert Stepto, Wendell Bell and graduate student Leigh Raiford. Info.: www.aya.yale.edu/grad/afram/public.htm; Julia Downs, (203) 432-194. (Graduate Sch., Tercentennial Office, AYA)

Biomedical Sciences

Tuesday, Sept. 4

"Cellular Fireworks: Observing Membrane Trafficking and Fusion with Evanescent Wave Microscopy"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Derek Toomre. (Section of Digestive Diseases, Pediatric Gastroenterology/ Hepatology)

"Action Potentials in Basal and Oblique Dendrites"
5-7 p.m. Rm. B145, SHM. Srdjan Antic. (Dept. of Neurobiology)

Wednesday, Sept. 5

"No Thanks, Rene Descartes: Towards an Integrated Model of Pain Assessment in Children"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Gary Walco, director, The David Center for Children's Pain and Palliative Care, Hackensack Univ. Medical Center. (Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds)

Thursday, Sept. 6

"Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. Howard Blanchette, chair, Danbury Hospital. (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds)

"Yale Surgery: The Past, Present & Future"
5 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Robert Udelsman. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)

Friday, Sept. 7

"Immune System Short Circuiting by the Liver; But at a Price"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Wajahat Mehal. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

"Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy"
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Robert Udels- man. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)

Tuesday, Sept. 11

"Transcriptional Regulation of Ileal Bile Acid Transport: The Role of AP-1"
5-6 p.m. Rm. 92, LMP. Dr. Benjamin L. Shneider, Mt. Sinai Sch. of Medicine. (Section of Digestive Diseases, Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology)

Wednesday, Sept. 12

"Organizing Patient Safety"
Noon-1 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Norman J. Siegel. (Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds)

Thursday, Sept. 13

"Updates in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetics"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Ellen T. Matloff. (Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds)

Friday, Sept. 14

"Cutaneous Eosinophil Hypersensitivity: NK T Cell, B-1 Cell and IFN-* Dependence"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr. Philip W. Askenase. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference
Noon. Rm. 206, BCMM. Topic to be announced.

And...

Friday, Aug. 31

Engineering & Applied Science Library Tour
1 p.m. 1st flr., Becton Center. Open to members of the Yale community.

Tuesday, Sept. 4

Chemistry Library Orientation Tour
Noon. Rm. 183, SCL. Open to members of the Yale community.

Auditions for Yale Camerata and Pro Musica
7-10 p.m. Experienced singers interested in membership should call (203) 432-5180 to schedule an audition. A solo piece and sight reading are required. Accompanist provided.

Wednesday, Sept. 5

"Orbis, the Library Online Catalog"
9:30 a.m. Kline Science Library, lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

Orientation Tours of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
11 a.m.-noon. SML. Meet at the circulation desk.

Arts Library Tour
3 p.m. Meet at the Arts Library circulation desk.

Kline Science Library Orientation Tour
3 p.m. Lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

Opening Reception
5:30 p.m. Gallery, A&A. Opening reception for the exhibition "New Blue: Recent Work of Graduates of the Yale School of Architecture, 1978-1998." (Sch. of Architecture)

Thursday, Sept. 6

Kline Science Library Orientation Tour
10 a.m. Lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

Engineering & Applied Science Library Orientation Tour
Noon. 1st flr., Becton Center. Open to members of the Yale community.

Orientation Tours of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
2-3 p.m. SML. Meet at the circulation desk.

Geology Library Orientation Tour
3 p.m. Rm. 328, KGL. Open to members of the Yale community.

Auditions for Yale Camerata and Pro Musica
4-6 p.m. Experienced singers interested in membership should call (203) 432-5180 to schedule an audition. A solo piece and sight reading are required. Accompanist provided.

Friday, Sept. 7

Kline Science Library Orientation Tour
9:30 a.m. Lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

"Orbis, the Library Online Catalog"
10 a.m. Kline Science Library, lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

Orientation Tours of the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
10-11 a.m. SML. Meet at the circulation desk.

Engineering & Applied Science Library Orientation Tour
3 p.m. 1st flr., Becton Center. Open to members of the Yale community.

Geology Library Orientation Tour
3 p.m. Rm. 328, KGL. Open to members of the Yale community.

Saturday, Sept. 8

Auditions for Yale Camerata and Pro Musica
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Experienced singers interested in membership should call (203) 432-5180 to schedule an audition. A solo piece and sight reading are required. Accompanist provided.

"Roxi Fox and the Incredible Insect Adventure"
11 a.m.-noon. Peabody Museum. Puppeteer Betty Baisden leads hero Roxi Fox into the world of entomology. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors).

Monday, Sept. 10

Auditions for Yale Camerata and Pro Musica
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Experienced singers interested in membership should call (203) 432-5180 to schedule an audition. A solo piece and sight reading are required. Accompanist provided.

"Introduction to the Library Web and Research Databases"
Noon-1 p.m. Electronic classroom, CCL. Open to members of the Yale community.

Kline Science Library Orientation Tour
2 p.m. Lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

Tuesday, Sept. 11

"Access Yale! An Assistive Technology Exposition"
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cross Campus Courtyard. Part of Yale's Tercentennial, the exposition will feature various technologies designed to support students and employees with disabilities. Demonstrations and hands-on use of the technologies will be offered to increase general awareness of resources available. All are welcome; visitors will be eligible for raffle prizes. (Advisory Committee on Resources for Students and Employees with Disabilities)

"Advanced Orbis Searching"
4-5 p.m. Electronic classroom, CCL. Open to members of the Yale community.

Instruction Session: "Searching Orbis"
5 p.m. Arts Library. Meet at the circulation desk. Registration: barbara.rockenbach@yale.edu; (203) 432-7074.

Wednesday, Sept. 12

Kline Science Library Orientation Tour
9:30 a.m. Lower level, KBT. Open to members of the Yale community.

"Talking with Parents of Young Children"
Noon-1 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Lora Nash will lead an informal discussion on issues related to developmental growth, age appropriate expectations, social and cognitive development, and emotional support. Registration required. Info.: (203) 785-2512; susan.abramson@yale.edu. (Office of the Provost/Child Study Center/Office of Women in Medicine/McDougal Graduate Center/Early Childhood Education Program)

Orientation Tour of the Yale Center for British Art Reference Library and Rare Books/Prints and Drawings Study Room
4 p.m. BAC. Tour will highlight resources in a variety of formats supporting the study of British art and related fields including architecture, history, literature and the performing arts. Meet in the entrance court.

"Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science Databases"
4 p.m. Engineering Library, Becton Center. Open to members of the Yale community.

YUWO Wine and Cheese Tasting Reception
5-7 p.m. President's House, 43 Hillhouse Ave. New and prospective members are invited to attend. Info.: Nancy, (203) 865-2028. (YUWO)

Thursday, Sept. 13

Orientation Tour of the Yale Center for British Art Reference Library and Rare Books/Prints and Drawings Study Room
4 p.m. BAC. Tour will highlight resources in a variety of formats supporting the study of British art and related fields including architecture, history, literature and the performing arts. Meet in the entrance court.

Instruction Session: "Arts Resources Online"
5 p.m. Arts Library. Meet at the circulation desk. Registration: barbara.rockenbach@yale.edu; (203) 432-7074.

Friday, Sept. 14

Chemistry Library Orientation Tour
10 a.m. Rm. 183, SCL. Open to members of the Yale community.

Arts Library Tour
Noon. Meet at the Arts Library circulation desk.

Tour of the Social Science Library
3-3:30 p.m. 140 Prospect St. Info.: (203) 432-3301.

Tour of the Government Documents and Information Center
3:30-4 p.m. Mudd Library. Info.: (203) 432-3209.

Saturday, Sept. 15

Community Reception
11:15 a.m. McDougal Center common rm., HGS. Part of the Tercentennial celebration commemorating the life and civic contributions of James Hillhouse. (Gilder Lehrman Center)

Book Signing
1:30 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Dr. Frank J. Ninivaggi will read from his book "An Elementary Textbook of Ayurveda," a compilation of the Hindu and Buddhist religious teachings that are the foundation of Ayurveda.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Tours

Yale Astronomy Public Nights
First Thursday of each month, 9 p.m. Top level, Pierson-Sage Parking Garage. Visitors will have the opportunity to view astronomical objects such as the moon, planets, star clusters and galaxies through one of the department's many telescopes. Astronomers will be on hand to describe the objects. Info.: www.astro.yale.edu.

Guided Tours of Campus
Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm St. Info.: (203) 432-2300.

Highlights Tours of the Peabody Museum
Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. Lobby, Peabody Museum. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.

Masterpiece Tours of the Yale Art Gallery
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. YUAG. Tours of the permanent collection led by docents.

Exhibitions

School of Architecture
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "New Blue: Recent Work of Graduates of the Yale School of Architecture, 1978-1998," Sept. 4-Oct. 19.

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Commonplace Books: Manuscripts and Printed Books from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century," through Sept. 29.

Jonathan Edwards College Master's House
Thursday, 4-6 p.m., or by appt. "A Yale Album: The Third Century," through Oct. 21. Info.: (203)432-0356.

Peabody Museum of Natural History
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "Hall of Native American Cultures," on view indefinitely; "The African Roots of the Amistad Rebellion: Masks of the Sacred Bush," through Feb. 2002; "The Muskrat & The Osprey: The Hidden Quinnipiac Marsh," on view indefinitely. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors.

School of Medicine
Medical Library foyer, "History of Student Research: History of the Student Thesis at Yale," through October; Medical Historical Library rotunda, "EPH and the Yale School of Nursing," through September.

Sterling Memorial Library
Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tuesday & Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Memorabilia Rm., "Archival Resources and Special Collections: Latin America and Judaic Studies," through Sept. 7; Arts of the Book Collection, "From Printer's Devil to Artist-Printer: The Letterpress Work of Robin Price," through Oct. 31.

Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "The Line of Beauty: British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century," through Sept. 2; "Photographs by Snowdon: A Retrospective," through Sept. 2.

Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1- 6 p.m. "Ancients and Moderns: Tradition and Transformation in the Arts of Asia, II," through Sept. 2; "Contemporary Design by Yale Alumni," through Oct. 7; "A Gallery of Poems," through Nov. 4; "Myer Myers 1723-1795: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York," Sept. 13-Jan. 5.

Meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Big Book Meeting; Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Living Sober Meeting; Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Promises and Traditions Meeting; Wednesday, 8 p.m., YUHS basement, Meeting; Thursday, 7:30 a.m., St. Thomas More Chapel Hall, Open Step Meeting; Friday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Topic Discussion Meeting; Sunday, 8 a.m., YUHS basement, Open Discussion Meeting.

Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
First Thursday of each month, 1:15 p.m. 6th flr., 1 Church St. The Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit is offering a support group for relatives and friends of those with Alzheimer's disease. Dessert and coffee will be served. Info.: (203) 764-8100.

ASHA-Yale
Second Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. Rm. 119/120b, HGS. ASHA-Yale is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting basic education in India. Info.: asha@yale. edu; www.yale.edu/asha.

Becoming Better Teachers: A Medical Education Discussion Group
Fourth Tuesday of each month, noon-1 p.m. Computer lab, Medical Sch. library, 333 Cedar St. (Office of Academic Development)

Greater New Haven Toastmasters
Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Rm. 405, BASS. All members and guests are welcome to join the public speaking improvement group. Info.: Sid Kelly, (203) 882-2542, (203) 937-1922 or skelly16@snet.net.

Marxist Reading Group
Alternate Fridays beginning Sept. 14, 4 p.m. Fellow's lounge, WHC. Readings available in WHC main office. Info.: john.mackay@yale.edu.

"Wednesday Conversations"
Wednesday, noon-1 p.m. Lustman Rm., CSC. An informal conversation group facilitated by OISS staff. Vocabulary and expressions will be reviewed, and current events and American culture will be discussed. Info.: (203) 436-1549; elisabeth.mead@yale.edu.

Yale Korean BioScience Society (YKBS)
Second Thursday of each month, 6-9 p.m. Rm. c015, SHM. Seminars will be presented by the professional group. Info.: www.yale.edu/ykbs.

Yale-New Haven Yiddish Reading Circle
Wednesday, noon-1:15 p.m. Slifka Center. Reading of modern and classical Yiddish literature. Reading knowledge of Yiddish is desirable. Info.: (203) 288-8206.

Language Tables

Arabic Table
Tuesdays, noon. Ezra Stiles College dining hall. Bassam Frangieh. (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations)

Religion

University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. The Reverend Jerry Streets will preach on Sept. 2 (opening of the acadmeic year service, with Holy Communion); the Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor, the Harry R. Butman Chair in Religion and Philosophy, Piedmont College, will present a Tercentennial preaching event sermon on Sept. 9; the Reverend William H. Willimon, dean, Duke Chapel, and professor of Christian ministry, Duke Univ., will present a Tercentennial preaching event sermon on Sept. 16. Info.: (203) 432-8750. (Church of Christ in Yale, member church of the United Church of Christ)

Episcopal Church at Yale
Student Life Center (SLC), 341 Elm St. Sunday, 5 p.m., Dwight Chapel, Holy Communion, followed by dinner on the first Sunday of each month at the SLC. Sunday, 10 p.m., Christ Church, 84 Broadway, Compline, medieval sung prayer service. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Berkeley Divinity Sch., Midweek Communion, meet at SLC for transportation. The Reverend Kathleen Dorr, chaplain. Info.: (203) 789-6387.

First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 608 Whitney Ave. Services begin Sept. 9. Info.: Francis, (203) 562-0672.

Luther House -- The University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. 27 High St. Service of Holy Communion in a contemporary setting. Bible study and service opportunities are available. Info.: Carl Sharon, (203) 432-1139; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse.

St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center
268 Park St. Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Mass, Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Reconcilation, Tuesday, 6-7 p.m., or by appt.; evening prayer, Monday & Friday, 5:30 p.m. Info.: (203) 777-5537.

Services at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
80 Wall St. Orthodox services, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. & 15 min. before sundown (call for times); Saturday, 9 a.m. & after sundown (call for times); Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Conservative/Egalitarian services, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. (occasionally) & 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Reform, Friday, 5:30 p.m. The Fruity Minyan, Friday, 5:45 p.m. Downtown Minyan, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Info.: (203) 432-1134.

Taize Candlelight Prayer
Wednesday, 9:07 p.m. Dwight Chapel. An ecumenical service of song, silence, prayer and praise featuring music from Taize. Info.: (203) 432-1139. (University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven)

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale to greet new crop of students

Over half of new foreign students got financial aid

Programs pay tribute to Yale abolitionist

Stern, González Echevarría named DeVane Professors

Discovery may yield insights into treating high blood pressure

Hockfield is appointed Gilbert Professor

Brewer returns to Yale as Weyerhaeuser Professor

African American studies celebrates 30th year

Symposium will explore 'Challenges to Internationalizing Yale'

IN FOCUS: Yale Architecture

• Fall DeVane Lectures to explore Yale's contributions to modern architecture
  
  
• Alumni architects highlighted in 'New Blue'
  
  

While You Were Away: The Summer's Top Stories Revisited

Art Gallery exhibit combines the visual and literary

Ethnic cleansing in Europe and America is focus of Lamar Center's weekend symposium

'Symmetry and Asymmetry' is topic of Tetelman Lecture

Fair to highlight resources for those with disabilities

School of Music celebrates new year with concert, convocation

New Yale Library website unveiled

C. Norman Gillis, noted vascular disease specialist, dies

The Great Outdoors

Pictures and poems sought for contests at Morse College

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